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From: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Who pays the bill?  Gimme a break.
Message-ID: <128@dynasys.UUCP>
Date: 3 Aug 90 13:29:47 GMT
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Reply-To: jessea@dynasys.UUCP (Jesse W. Asher)
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I'm sick and tired of all silly talk about who pays the bill.  Do any of
you individuals out there pay for YOUR internet connection?  Most of the
internet connections are either commercial, military, or educational
institutions.  In all three cases, the cost is ultimately not paid by
those who use the service.  Commercial ventures pass on the cost to
customer (if the didn't, they couldn't say in business).  Military/
government institutions are funded by _everyone_ because they are funded
by taxes.  Most educational institutions are also funded by the
government in some fashion.  Again, the people using the service are
not paying for it (**unless you consider that they too are taxpayers**).
So cut the crap about people asking for free stuff when 1)  You are not
paying for it either, 2)  we are _all_ paying for it.  Now why don't you
get back to serious discussion of something that matters.